First Day of School
On a musty monsoon morning in June, mother and daughter are up early getting ready for the first day of school. It’s hard to tell which one is more nervous as Mother carefully grooms her [...]
Periods and Potties: Two Reasons Wings’ Girls Rarely Miss School
Older Girls at the Wings School Here are a couple of things you might not think of when it comes to access to education for poor girls in India: sanitary products and clean, [...]
Freedom Is Being In The Drivers Seat
It had been one of those suburban mom days: I spent the entire day in my car. Every mom has those days of shuffling kids, doing errands to keep the family afloat, running to appointments, [...]
Madam, Are You Doing Social Work?
The day for the Wings site visit had arrived. Grace and Rupa, the managers of Wings, and the KAP board had been planning for months what we needed to accomplish. The previous day, in preparation [...]